[Congressional Bills 116th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3220 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3220 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow certain institutions to use geographic preference for procurement of certain foods, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2019 Ms. Pingree (for herself, Mr. Fortenberry, and Mr. Harder of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow certain institutions to use geographic preference for procurement of certain foods, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Kids Eat Local Act''. SEC. 2. GEOGRAPHIC PREFERENCE AND IDENTIFICATION FOR SCHOOL FOOD. Paragraph (3) of section 9(j) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(j)) is amended to read as follows: ``(3) allow institutions receiving funds under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program-- ``(A) to use a geographic preference for the procurement of unprocessed agricultural products, both locally grown and locally raised; or ``(B) to use locally grown, locally raised, or locally caught as a product specification.''. <all>